Little mustard seed, windblown mil… Lands in fertile soil; blest with… In the morning breeze its yellow l… Surrounded by blossoms of every hu… Atop a green meadow, the tree stan…

First two days, stressful; but tou… Funnel clouds formed, though few t… But warnings rang in frightening f… Off to a shelter each time the ala… Thunder claps boomed, lightning bo…

An Ode to the New Year One more twig in the branch of tim… But will it grow leaves this comin… Bear bright flowers by summer’s da… And fruits, as birds in early autu…

His tired eyes open slowly In front of him, a goddess! He tries hard to look away But he feels simply pow’rless Her sparkling eyes hypnotic

A Sonnet A sense of impermanence in the air Just as the sun dips low beyond th… This blessed moment won’t last for… Overcome by darkness and nighttim…

The sun bade goodbye for the day Quickly sank below the skyline Then night shadows rolled as trees… Cool the breeze, from the dark oce… He stood atop the crested hill

The chirping crickets the hoot of… In the calm stillness of the autum… Clear skies red Betelgeuse shinin… In the gentle breeze one hears the… At forest edge predators on the pr…

A Ballad dedicated to my daughter… Up she goes ten feet high in the a… She spins with legs held tight, pe… He catches her as she descends gra… Her blade touches the ice quietly…

Nightfall, on the beach they watch… On floodlit rocks, as wavelets rea… Their weary feet soothed as the co… On white sand; their tired legs be… But it’s getting late so they walk…

One wintry December night she van… From his life, perhaps never to re… Leaving him with quiet grief untar… He lay restless till dawn’s first,… He feels the emptiness settle, wid…

A Sonnet Ling’ring mem’ries of moments toge… Still excite and comfort her griev… Lifting her spirit, she sees forev… Yet sink her soul, when recollecti…

An Ode to the Sliderule From minds to the hands Numbers glide on wood and steel Then the big reveal Old tool, silent yet precise

A few frothy wavelets in the calm… Bouncing up and down its turquoise… An undulating metallic mirror Shimmering in the late afternoon h… But from miles away raven clouds d…

Dark clouds weighed down on his S… Rough weather appears to be in sto… The prospects of bright tomorrows… And in the twilight of his life th… Life is so bleak; there is no suns…

A band of heroes; they are men of… Thrust in a world of prudent men a… Against the shadowy menacing wrait… They’re men of honor who obey the… Valor their sword; honor their mig…